The correct answer is C. Confederate troops
This changed over time, however it did last for a while.
After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
<u>Broad Context:</u> The "Big Picture" is that the US is trying to annex the Republic of Texas as part of their states, and that Texas already <em>shared many common traits </em>(why? part) with the US, and should join as a state of their choosing, (which means slave or free) (How? part).
<u>Other Context:<em> </em></u><em> </em>The adding of Texas into the US (eventually as a slave state) offsetted the balance between the slaves and free states, and so California (gained after the Mexican-American War) was turned into a free state. Texas was the cause of the Texas Revolution & later on the (already named) Mexican-American War. The adding of Texas, and later the Gadsen Purchase, help create today's US southern border that is shared with Mexico.
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The Colosseum.
The Pantheon.
The Baths of Carcalla.
The Arc of Constantine.
Circus Maximus.
The Tower of Hurcules.
The Pyramid of Cestius.
The Arena of Nimes.
The Baths of Trajan.
Porta Nigra.
Theodore Roosevelt was known as the "trust buster". He broke up many monopolies such as railroads in the Northwest. He used the Sherman Anti-trust Act, but it was not terribly effective. Some of the big trust broken up were the American Tobacco company, Standard oil, and AT & T